initt is an utility to initialize project directories based on templates. It is a rewrite of my previous project init-templates, which is unusable at the moment. init-templates will never leave the development stage, because all development has shifted to initt.
Never use templates from untrusted sources! A template can execute a script with your permissions, so malware could do a lot of harm. Please check the templates init.sh before use! You can extract and inspect a templates init.sh like this:
$ tar xJf path/to/template.initt init.sh
$ nano init.sh
You can install init-templates either manually or with a script.
- A Linux/Unix based operating system
- The
bashshell git- The
makeppbuild system
Makepp most likely will not be installed on your system, neither will you find it in your distributions repositories. You can get it from:
- Clone or download this repo
makepp install
$ git clone "https://github.com/Janfel/initt2.git" initt
$ cd initt
- Run
makepp installormakepp uinstall(Standard $PREFIX is /usr)
$ makepp install
- If you installed locally with
makepp uinstall, add~/bin/to your$PATH
Use this to create a directory from a template.
initt language [-n project-name] [-d template-dir]
- language: A language template that is installed on your system like
pythonorgo. Defaults toempty. - project-name: The name of your project. If omitted, your current working directory will be initialized and its name will be used.
- template-dir: Here you can override the default template directory.
Whith this tool you can create your own templates from directories. There is a very nice explanation of this process in ./example/Explanation.md with an example directory and step-by-step instructions. Have a look.
initt-zip templatedir
- templatedir: The directory you want to convert into a template file.
- outdir: Where to place the generated template file.